1.3: A prowess beyond limits!

Tedashii woke up again but was in a different room this time. He tried winking to regain his vision more. Then he noticed this was not home anymore. He closed his eyes to fall asleep again but noticed breathing was getting more complicated. He tried to shift his arms and legs, but they were being seized at the exact point.

"What the…What am I doing here? Why am I…"

"Finally awake?"

A man was sitting beside him and watched him struggle. He had black shades with a cold-blooded glare, brown hair, and a navy blue coat. He seemed to have been accountable for Tedashii being all tied up.

"Sensei Martin?!"

"Good to see you are safe now, Tedashii." He said.

"Oh, thank goodness it's you. I thought I got caught in a nightmare."

Martin smiled at him but then got serious again.

"Tedashii, let me begin by apologizing for what I must do."

Tedashii was a little confused.

"You were brought here because we discovered you were listed as a Calamity. But worse, you might be the first to be a Fushigiri."

"Calamity?? Wait…I-I think you have the wrong guy, sensei. I am not whatever that person you are looking for."

"I will be the judge of that."

The blanket was lifted off him, and Tedashii saw that he was tied up with chains and ropes.

"HUH? Why am I tied up?!"

Martin then held Tedashii's right hand and cut it open with a knife.

"AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHH!!!!"

Tedashii couldn't bear the pain while bleeding drastically. Martin also stabbed his left hand open and put his wound onto Tedashii's. He screamed in agony but then slightly halted as he noticed the damage faded. He looked at his hand and saw a red light glowing within his skin.

"Bound yourself to the core," Martin said, and then the light began traveling up toward Tedashii's forehead. It began to gleam blue; then Martin sat down.

"So, do you remember everything before you were here, Tedashii?"

Tedashii tried to think deeply, then remembered his mother being slammed to the wall by Chiampa.

"KONAMI! MOM! YURI! Where are they?!"

"You cannot answer a question with a question, don't you understand?" 

"Sensei, what exactly happened?" Tedashii asked with panic, troubling his thinking.

"I'll just tell you so you can recollect everything."

Martin then began to explain what happened. "Let us return to when you finally turned into your true self."

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*During the battle between Tedashii and Motoroshi*

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The aura got fortified as Tedashii breathed in and out. All the bandits looked toward Motoroshi and Chiampa.

"B…Boss, what...should we do?!" One of the bandits asked.

"What else do you expect to do?" he answered.

"So, you're saying…we should…fight him??"

"Firstly, no. It would be best if you retreated immediately. Secondly, report to the guild that the mission has been called off. And thirdly, Chiampa will deal with him."

In relief, they were all heading towards the bottom of the mountain with smiles. But suddenly, Tedashii's eyes regained their iris. His pupil turned black, and a pattern of unique colors from his immortal transpired as his eye.  "Where is everybody going?"

With such an alteration of voice, Tedashii appeared before the group of bandits. They all were jump-scared as he smiled distrustfully, tossed another bandit in the air, and booted him in half.

KICK!!

A rain of blood came down on the floor. The bandits were all hamstrung in fear as Tedashii reached the ground again. "So, who's next?"

"WAIT, we can all leave and act as if nothing happened." One of the bandits tried to convince Tedashii.

"Don't bother." He replied.

"We can work for you, or even if you spare…"

"DON'T bother."

The one bandit began to panic as nothing was going his way. His facial expression moved from a smile to fear all over.  "WHAT DO YOU WANT FROM US!!!?!?"

He yelled out as they held onto their weapons, ready to charge at him depending on his answer. Tedashii took the exact sitting position as Motoroshi, then held his chin.

"Does this ring a bell..?" All the attention turned to Motoroshi as Tedashii focused in his direction. "It's an easy gamble. If your boss accepts a fight with me right now, I'll let you all leave. But, if he declines, you guys will take the fall for him."

All the bandits jumped in joy and began celebrating once more. Several were already walking away just before Motoroshi gave his answer.

"I'll pass…"

The bandits all froze and slowly turned back.  "M…boss, what do you mean?… You're joking, right?..."

"Firstly, I'm not in the mood to fight. Not to mention, Alchrono is in a league of his own since I can't use my immortal. Secondly, it's your lives at stake; where's the problem with that? And thirdly, you guys stopped at your own will. I didn't say stop and watch."

The bandits began breathing heavily. They all started to tremble as Tedashii began estimating their numbers.

"Fourteen, Nineteen, thirty. Alright then, this will be a good warm-up."

Before the bandits could speak, Tedashii instantly jabbed one of their eyes through his head. They then used his body to hit the other bandit with superb speed. As the scent of blood collided with the wind, all the bandits had no choice. Either stay still and get killed or fight before their last breath.

"YOU WILL DIE YOU LITTLE BRAT!!! CHAAAARRRGE!!!!!"

All the bandits attacked Tedashii at once. Alchrono, knowing that he didn't want any damage done to the house, decided to use his prowess to end this quickly. Before he took his stance, Motoroshi quickly told Chiampa to cover his eyes.

~Fushigiri Prowess: Soludo!~

The vision of each bandit was disrupted. 'Soludo' was one of the forbidden styles in the past. It was an attack that would paralyze anyone who starred in the episode. This means all the bandits, Izanami, Yuri, Kanze, and Russel, were all paralyzed for 15 seconds. That was all the time Alchrono needed.

Tedashii flew up in the sky as he stretched his right hand out to his side. One of the bandits was immediately drawn in his palm and choked on his neck. He then aimed at another bandit to prepare another scheme. With unimaginable speed, he threw the bandit down to five of them. Smoke covered the scene as all the bandits just observed. The five remained alive until the smoke screen faded away, and Tedashii was found between them. He jabbed his arm through one of the bandits' chests and pulled out his heart.

"Not that great at baseball, but I might as well try it."

He tossed the heart to another bandit, and his head flew off. He held the corpse from his legs and threw the decapitated man to Motoroshi. Chiampa blocked the attack by slashing through the man's body, but Tedashii approached him and tried to jab him when the blood splashed.

BLAM!!

Just as Chiampa thought it was over, Motoroshi saved him by kicking Tedashii's arm away. They clashed against each other. Tedashii kept going for Motoroshi's chest but somehow guarded it with a kick.

PARRY!! PARRY! BLOCK!!

Motoroshi then gave Tedashii a roundhouse kick.

HIT!!

Tedashii quickly blocked it but was flung back to the bandits. One tried to attack Tedashii while he was in midair with his dagger.

"Is that your weapon?" Alchrono asked. And just like that, the dagger was kicked into the bandit's face. Tedashii then grabbed the dagger and swung it through seven more bandits. All of them aimed at their chests.

Alchrono had the upper hand, but the numbers advantage had him at a crossroads.

"TCH! This is getting annoying. Well-"

SLAM!!

Motoroshi came with a heavy kick to Tedashii's head, hoping to knock him out.

"Aargh!! You VERMIN!!" Alchrono pushed Motoroshi's leg off his face.

("I see. So he didn't summon it by free will, meaning that Tedashii isn't doing all this.") Motoroshi said to himself.

"RISE, FUKIR!"

A blade formed itself from his palm to its head. Tedashii held it in a position for a swing. Spiritas began to build up again.

"TAKE THIS!!"

~Fushigiri Prowess: Dark RAZE!!~

BWOOSH!!

The bandits tried to block the upcoming attack, knowing this was their end. Time passed, and nothing seemed to have happened. They stopped hunching in fear and looked back up, and Tedashii smirked.

"Die."

Click!

They all got sliced in half with a snap of his finger before a colossal explosion transpired. None of them were left, just Motoroshi and Chiampa at the top. Chiampa looked in concern as Motoroshi just stayed relaxed as always.  "Good luck, Chiampa." He said.

"Wait, you're leaving me to fight this thing?!"

"You can. It will be much easier for you now. Trust me.." Motoroshi told him and walked to enter the house.

"WHERE ARE YOU GOING ALENKEI??!!" Tedashii was furious and leaped up straight to the top of the house.

THUMB!

Another heartbeat was heard. Alchrono then fell to the ground and began to hold his chest.

"TCH! F*ck, not…right…now…"

The black aura vanished, and Tedashii was back to his former self. Right before he landed, Sanji and Sasha appeared and caught him.

"You idiot. Fighting on your own will only get you killed."

Sanji laid him on the ground, pulled his sword, and attacked Chiampa.

"YURI! I hope you're watching! I'm going to save you before Tedashii will!" He said.

"That should be the last of your worries, Sanj! We'll help you, Yuri, don't worry." Sasha said.

All the fear Chiampa had left his body as he took his sword joyfully and went straight for Sanji and Sasha. "HAHAHAHAHAHA!!! YOU KNOW I TRUST YOU!! DO WHAT YOU GOT TO DO MOTOROSHI! I'll TAKE CARE OF THESE TWO!"

He said as Chiampa clashed his sword with Sanji. Izanami woke up and felt herself being carried by Motoroshi. She saw Sanji fighting against Chiampa, Tedashii on the ground, and blood everywhere. But what worried her the most was her daughters being vulnerable in the house. Motoroshi laid her down on the kitchen table, then tried to finish off Giyora, and all Yuri could do was lay a series of blows to him that he easily evaded. She had no other options as her ideas were falling thin, and her vision was disappearing again.

"It's weird how things turned out, Konami. Would you be kind enough to heal your mother? I need you to be in perfect condition before we leave."  Motoroshi kicked Yuri out of the house, and Izanami checked if Giyora was unconscious.

"What are you doing here, Motoroshi?" She said.

"Well, you remember me? That's a great start. But what I don't remember is this man and that other girl. What did I miss after so long?"

Before Konami began to panic again, she tried to whisper the verse to make Tedashii transform again.

"..."

Motoroshi looked at her. She then ran out of the house to Yuri, who was out cold.

"Konami, did you say something?" he asked.

"Don't touch my daughter!" Izanami held on to his leg to slow his exit.

"Enhance…"

She kept trying to say something but was too scared. "Can't you see she's trying to say something?"

Motoroshi then jumped to her and gave him some of his spiritas.

"KONAMI!!"

BLAST!!

Sasha came in between them and fired crystals at Motoroshi.

"DO THE THING KONAMI!" Sasha commanded her.

"Huh…"

"GO TO TEDASHII AND DO THAT THING AGAIN!"

SMASH!

Motoroshi broke through her wall of crystals.  "KONAMI! Don't do something stupid!" Motoroshi furiously commanded her.

She then ran towards Tedashii as fast as she could.

"Dammit, don't-"

SWING!

He dodged Sasha's spear and stepped back.

"DON'T EVEN THINK OF TOUCHING HER!"

"YAA!!"

HIT!

Yuri connected Motoroshi with her Sai, tearing up his coat. "You batch of zeroes don't know what you're doing!"

Sasha and Yuri didn't know what he was getting at.

"Summoning a Revlo once is dangerous, but-"

"En…Enhance…My ENERGY!!"

~ENHANCE MY ENERGY…~

A dark aura surrounded Tedashii once more, but a black horn grew from his right side. this time

"RRRHAAAAAAHHHH!!!!!"

Chiampa felt someone grabbing him from behind, and was flung right through the mountain.

"Nice one, Tedashii." Sanji praised him for assisting him with Chiampa, recognizing this transformation from the dream world.  "Now let us go back up and-"

Tedashii looked at him and slashed Sanji on his face.

"AAAAAAAAHHHHHH!!!!"

Yuri leaped from the top to attack Tedashii.  "YOU IDIOT! WHAT DID YOU DO TO SANJI!!!"

She came with a barrage of fists and swings, but Tedashii easily evaded them and then kicked her in her stomach. She then followed to kick her up in the air before blasting her right through her bedroom window.

KICK! CRASH!!

"AHH…aah!!"

Tedashii walked toward Sanji and then lifted him from his shirt.  "You will always be second place, hahahahaha…"

Without resisting, he kicked him to the top of the window towards Yuri.

CRASH!!

Now, all his attention was on Konami and Sasha. Konami crawled back in panic with every step he took toward her.

"Stand back, Tedashii. What are you even doing?!" Sasha asked and attacked him.

She swung her spear forward to make him step back. But Tedashii held it as still as a pole. Sasha tried to move it around, but it was pointless against Tedashii's strength.

"LET GO! Sh*t…GONUL!"

SLASH!

The tip of her spear flew right off and cut Tedashii on his right arm. He hesitantly let go of it, and then Sasha speared him down the mountain.

BAM!!

They both fell down the mountain, and Konami could stay frozen. She then saw Sasha's projectile fly down to the bottom again, and someone got hit. When Konami looked at Motoroshi, he shook his head and looked back at the mountain's edge.

"I know what you did to Brianna."

KICK!!

Already knocked out, Sasha was kicked to Yuri's room as well. Tedashii pulled her blade out of his leg and threw it at Konami.

STAB!!

Motoroshi moved quickly with a log to block the blade. "Konami, you see what I meant?" He asked her. "Grab your father and take him inside. I'll take care of him."

Tedashii went towards Motoroshi, preparing to fight him again.

CLASH!!

"Wow, looks like I suddenly became the good guy." He laughed.

"Get out of my way!"

Tedashii hit Motoroshi right in his face, then felt a kick right on his face.

KICK!

Tedashii fell on the floor. He looked up and was kicked again on his chest.

KICK!! KICK!! KICK!! KICK!! DODGE, KICK!!

Motoroshi overpowered Alchrono with speed, and Tedashii was now losing sight of the impact.

"Very well… I'LL END THIS QUICKLY!! RISE, FUKIR!"

He flew up in the sky and aimed his sword above his forehead. A cartwheel of purple spiritas followed his reverse slash before he sought it at the house.

~Fushigiri Prowess: Galatasarai!!~

BWOOSH!!

His sword covered itself in a purple aura, and the mountain was split in half with one swing. Then everything went dark.